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Tuesday, June 19, 2018

Who Will Rid Me of This Troublesome Policy?

INSIDE THE ROOM: Trump tells GOP conference of family separation at border - “This is a dangerous issue. The images are bad for us. A sad situation and we have to something.” Then: “We have to get one of the bills passed.”

It's all about the pictures. The kids? Well, they look innocent, but they're crisis actors, ya know. And whose idea was it to suddenly detain 'em all? I'm telling' ya, somebody really screwed up, and it's up to youse guys to fix it!

(A meeting between Trump and legislators is like a Texas summer forecast: just repeat the forecast from the time before, because ain't nothin' gonna be any different. It's gonna be All About Trump, All the Time, with the same outcome at the end of the day:

“He said a lot of things. He said he supported the bill, I guess. It was very rambling, he talked about everything from the lawsuit to tax bills,” said Rep. Walter Jones (R-NC). “It was kind of hard to follow everything he says — it was like a bouncing ball.”

And a swipe at a defeated GOP House member who wasn't in attendance, for good measure. “ 'He was very ugly,' said Jones." Progress! For the kiddies!)